i've been counting down since last Dec 26 ... are you ready? me neither!!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

and in heaven there is music - all kinds ... good kinds of music. the angels sing (they sound like motab) and i'm certain there will be pianos, organs, and even bands (maybe we'll have a disco ball or two)!! music brings the spirit like nothing else ... it's also a release. this morning i used music to get thru to my daughters that were at each other's throats. i put them on the couch with their arms around each other - which made it worse and literal ... and then moved them to sit knee to knee in chairs and played songs like "we are a happy family" and "love is spoken here" and "jesus said love everyone ..."

we have also had flashlight dance parties! footloose is great for those!!

and ... music is great while cleaning!!

shoot - andy and i met at a dance - that says a LOT for musical influence in our lives!

3 comments:

I've been trying to do this more in our family, too! The other day, I turned on an EFY CD that I enjoy while I was cooking dinner. When Ryan came home, I was in a great mood and the kids were playing together well. Definitely the influence of good music!

That's Awesome. I remember my mom doing the same thing to my brother and me. We also had to had to say how much we loved the other. We have also in our family started to sing the song of the month from primary each night when we kneel down for prayers. We sing the same song all month so the kids know it really well. They look forward to and and have even reminded us when we have forgotten to do it. We even do it when we are not home. Lots of fun.

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must remind myself

"So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time." Thomas S. Monson

"There is no other resource to compare with prayer. To think that each of us may approach our Father in Heaven . . . for individual help and guidance, for strength and faith, is a miracle in and of itself." President Gordon B. Hinckley

"Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best." Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

"Often we do not know what we can endure until after a trial of our faith." Elder Robert D. Hales

"You and I should count our blessings, but we should also make them count!" Elder Neal A. Maxwell

“When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.” President Ezra Taft Benson